Cover-all cap



p 2, 1930. J. G. ROE-HM 1,774,727

COVER ALL CAP Filed Feb. 4, 1929 Patented Sept. 2, 1930 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE JOHN GEORGE ROEHM, or ONEIDA, NEW.YORK, 'AssroNon 'ro smrrn-LEE ooMPANY, me, or QNEIDA, NEW YORK, A CORPORATION or NEW YORK COVER-ALL car Application filed February-4 1929. Serial No. 837,852. 7

This invention relates to the production of a novel and improved cover-all cap structure.

The main object of the invention resides in the combination with a cover-all cap having a portion adapted to cover the'mouth of a bottle and a box-plaited skirt portion closely surrounding the neck of the bottle, of a staple for securing each box-plait to the underlying portion of the skirt, and which staple includes two end portions clenched toward each other and lying between the skirt portion of the cap and the bottle neck.

I have found that a very secure connection between the plaits and the body of the skirt is produced when, as stated, the ends of thelegs of the staple are deflected or clenched by contact with a bottle neck so as, to extend in a direction toward each other. Under such condition the staple assumes'the form of a rectangle less only the central portion of one side.

The particular method or apparatus for forming and securing the cap forms no essential portion of this invention'but it may be suggested that the entire operation of forming the cover-all cap from an imper-' forate disk of paper or the like, preferably impregnated with a water-proof compound, may be carried out in connection with a bottle which the cap is designed to cover, the wall of the bottle constituting one portion of a die for formingthe cap and an anvil for deflecting and clenchingthe ends of the staples toward each other when the legs of the staples are properly directed through the plaits and the body of the skirt.

However, the disk may be pre-formed to the shape shown in Figure 4 and then placed over the top of the bottle and by suitable machiner or manually the folds or plaits may be ormed into a series of spaced box plaits and staples applied and-clenched with the clenched ends extending toward each cause the ends 8 to be deflected'inwardly other.

In the drawings 2-.- Y Figure 1 is an elevation of an embodiment of the invention.

Figure 2 is a section on line 22,'Figure 1. Figure 3 is a section on line 3-3, Figure 1.

Figure 4 illustrates a shape that the coverall cap may take during the process of formpaper disk bottle-cap (not The cover-all cap of this invention generally illustrated at B is adapted to form an imperforate closure 1 for the mouth of the bottle and a skirt 2 extending downwardly around the contracted neck of the I bottle, the skirt portion being contracted into a tube having its axis disposed at substantially right angles to the plane of the art 1 by the formation of a plurality o in this instance six plaits, each comprising a .double thickness of the paper or material of the disk.

These. plaits may, as shown, he formed in equally spaced relation and are folded in pairs toward each other to produce in this instance three box plaits 4, altho this is not essential, as various numbers of plaits lfnay be utilized with somewhat similar ef ect. v The plaits 3- widen gradually from the bead 5+ of the bottle toward the lower end of the skirt and the lower ends of the separate plaits which cooperate to produce a box-plait, as here shown, overlap when folded toward each other to produce the box plait -4. The staple 6' is then properly positioned, as shown at the overlapping portion of the plaits .3- which form a box-plait -4- and the staple is driven or forced through the plaits and the underlying body of the sln'rt -2 so that the ends contact with the wall of the bottle in such a manner as to be deflected inwardly toward each other. Slight inclination of the legs 7 of a staple toward each other when pressed through the box plait will tend to v as tends to tighten the skirt about the bottle neck and the staple assumes the form of a rectangle, or a rectangle complete except perhaps for a space at the central portion of the side adjacent the bottle wall dependent upon the length of the deflected end portions 8.

This formation prevents the body of the skirt 2 and the plaits 3 from drawing 03 the staple and requires that the staple shall .be considerably de-formed or the paper torn to efiect removal of the cover-all cap.

These staples may be formed from suitable light gauge wire, preferably tin, and initially having lU-shaped form and as here shown the legs of the U-shaped staple each penetrate three thicknesses of the paper forming the cap, i. e. each leg extends through two thicknesses of paper constituting a plait 3 and one thickness of the skirt portion 2 which underlies the box plait 4. I I

As before stated, the essential feature of this invention resides in the combination with a cover-all cap of the form described, of a staple having its ends clenched toward each other to secure a box plait to the body of the skirt 2, and altho l have shown and described a specific construction, form and relation of parts, I do not desire to restrict myself to the same as various changes and modifications may be made within the scope of the appended claims. 1

I claim:

1. A cover-all cap adapted for use with a bottle havingan annular bead and a reduced neck below the bead, said cap formed from a paper blank including a portion covering the mouth of the bottle, and an integral skirt portion depending around the neck of the bottle, the skirt portion including a plurality of spaced plaits consisting of two thicknesses of the material, the plaits being deflected toward each other in pairs to form a plurality of box plaits, and a staple having its legs extendin through respective plaits of a box plait ,and through the body of a skirt with the ends of the legs of the. staple bent toward-each other vin the space between the bottle and the skirt portion of the cap.

- 2. Aeover-all cap adapted for use with a bottle having an annular bead and a reduced neck below the head, said cap formed from a paper blank having a central portion adapted to cover the mouth of the bottle and a depending box-plaited skirt portion adapted to surround the neck of the bottle, and a staple having its legs extending through respective plaits of a box plait and through the body of the skirt with the ends of the legs of the staple bent toward each other. a

3. A cover-all cap ada ted for use with a bottle having an annular ad and a reduced neck below the head, said ca formed from a. paper blank having a centre portion adaptmama? ed to cover the mouth of the bottle, a depending skirt portion adapted to surround the neck of the bottle and including spaced plaits in pairs, the plaits ofeach pair being folded toward each other to provlde a plurality of spaced box plaits, and a staple having its legs extending through respective plaits of a box plait and through the body of the skirt withthe ends of the legs of the staple bent toward each other.

4. A cover-all cap having a portion adapted to cover the mouth of a bottle, an integral imperforate box-plaited skirt portion, and a staple having its legs extending through respective plaits of a box-plait and through the body of the skirt with the ends of the legs of the staple bent toward each other.

5. The combination with a bottle, an annular bead and a neck below the bead, of a cover-all cap formed from a blank having no fastening or securing means attached thereto prior to its being placed on the bottle, with a central portion to cover the mouth of the bottle and a skirt to surround the bottle neck, the excess material not required for the skirt being formed into a plurality of spaced plaits adapted to be folded toward each other and in upon the skirt, and a plurality of staples extending through the plaits and securing them to the skirt below the head of the bottle 9 with the ends of each staple bent toward each other.

6. A bottle cap including a bottle mouth closing portion and a skirt, said skirt being providedwith a plurality of pairs of plaits,

those of each pair being folded circumferentially toward each other, and a wire staple having its legs projected through each plait of a pair and through the body of the cap, and having its ends bent inwardly toward each other.v

7. A bottle cap including a bottle mouth closin portion and a skirt, said skirt being provi ed with a plurality of pairs of plaits, those of each pair being folded circumferentially toward each other, and a wire staple having its legs extending through respective plaits of a pair with the ends of the legs bent toward each other.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand this 30th day of January, 1929.

JOHN GEORGE ROEHM. 

